I have a 2008 iMac with (I think) 16Gb of RAM which is used for just Firefox. I've been meaning to upgrade it to Linux but that generation didn't boot from USB, need to burn a CD.

All our intel MacBooks now run Linux just fine. The oldest is 2012, with 4Gb but most are 8 or 16Gb.

I would always recommend more RAM first over a faster processor; back when I would build desktop machines for Windows, I would use the second best CPU and put the savings into RAM.

Government needs to be less.

Government needs to be for all the people, and not just for the 1% with wealth and power. Not more or less.

This seems to go against human nature. Government is always for the 1% and in the rare case it isn’t it simply just creates a new 1%

You mean 2020, not 2000

A swastika or a Hakenkreuz?

Most people do not know about the directional-flip in these signs

The Hakenkreuz is tilted at an angle.

The Hindu and Buddhist symbols are very different.

> The Hakenkreuz is tilted at an angle

Not always:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_standard_of_Adolf_Hit...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_...

Well, after skimming these, I have to admit that Im also in the group of "most people do not know..." :-D

Thanks for sharing!

I came here via NetNewsWire. iCloud sync is flakey but that's the only quibble. Oh, and you can't yet export starred articles unless you fiddle with SQL.

Misleading headline.

"... told Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton it cannot currently comply ..."

Note the word "currently."

"CBP suggested it could begin issuing refunds by late April after revamping its technology."

Human nature is so strange, we always look up at the oligarchs or sideways at the Jones, but we never look at those who are not doing as well as us.

Speak for yourself

My father was a refugee who studied under street lights.

I sold shaving cream door-to-door to pay for textbooks.

I am speaking for myself and others like me.

Now, sure, but you also wrote:

> ...we always look up at the oligarchs or sideways at the Jones, but we never look at those who are not doing as well as us.

Which uses universal language to incorrectly declare the behavior of all humans. I assumed you were writing in good faith and reporting you find true and in my writing rejecting your claim.

Maybe there's no one doing worse than you but I doubt it because here you are, with clear, well written english. Do you not offer them a helping hand?

The real problem with your statement is that there are many of us who do look at and after those who are not doing as well as us (and some of those are quite wealthy). A group of us spend every Tuesday to collect food from stores with which to prepare a meal that we send to homeless encampments around town and then serve to anyone who shows up (usually around 100) for dinner. We provide a positive environment, build relationships, and help them to get clothes, toiletries, services, and emergency shelter. I and many others give substantial portions of our incomes to reduce poverty and disease across the world. I have been lucky to write software that has helped resolve the violence of genocide and open source software that has lifted businesses and made starting them more accessible. I have spent the core of my mind's considerations on trying to understand why the world functions as it does and how that can be improved, how we can move the standards higher, and how we can include everyone. In all of this there are many ways I have made decisions that make my wealth less, my comforts lower, and my time and mind more strained but I will not cease and I am not alone.

So... When you claim that everyone only looks to those who are doing better I assert that you can speak for yourself. The belief that it's all every person for themselves and dog eat dog is false. It's bad for hope and bad for seeing reality.

Everyone wants a Booker Prize these days.

Stopped at "The real guardians of Skype’s secrets lay within, and they were watching my every move."

What nonsense.

"In 2023, the United States imported U3O8 and equivalents primarily from Canada, Australia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The origin of U3O8 used in U.S. nuclear reactors could change in the coming years. In May 2024, the United States banned imports of uranium products from Russia beginning in August, although companies may apply for waivers through January 1, 2028."

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64444

Elector magazine used to prank too; my favourite one was their "solar powered pocket torch." It wasn't rechargeable.